'Tis the season... for knitting | The GW Hatchet

'Tis the season... for knitting
The GW Hatchet - December 11 2006

In the spirit of the holiday season, GW is starting to get ready for Valentine's Day by partnering with an orphan non-profit group to help make care packages for college-age orphans.

The GW Red Scarf Project, sponsored by the Orphan Foundation of America, GW's Office of Communication and Creative Services, and the Office of Community Service have started knitting scarves for a national program run by the Orphan Foundation.

GW is one of the many groups contributing to the foundation's Red Scarf Project. Annalisa Assaadi, the national events coordinator at the Orphan Foundation, said the goal of this nationwide project is to knit as many red scarves as possible for college-age orphans.

"These red scarves will be part of a care package that will be sent to college orphans on Valentine's Day," Assaadi said. The care packages will include a red scarf, cookies, candy, school supplies and gift cards.

The foundation hopes to get around 5,000 red scarves total to send to the students. GW hopes to knit 250 scarves to contribute to the program. [more]